touch my thick scar tissue – v2

Oh Father God, oh heavenly Father,
I feel Your calling, Your wooing,
the cries of Your Spirit to me…
I am crushed, I am broken,
yet I have let down the stones
the weights I have carried,
running to You, your love,
I breathe confession,
I pray repentance,
I don’t want these burdens
these chains anymore…
 
Touch my thick scar tissue,
Heal me, Father God, completely,
Your hands drenched in Christ’s blood,
Do not stop the work You have started,
I feel Your hands; I need Your love…
Forgive me for running, for listening to Satan,
believing His lies You were far from me
that You did not protect me in my pain,
in my journey, my struggles,
that You left me alone, abandoned,
because I was unworthy of love…
 
Oh Father, oh heavenly Potter,
Oh Lord, Master Physician,
Gather up my pieces, my shards,
with their hard, jagged edges,
Touch my thick scar tissue,
my pain, my ancient secrets,
I open them all to Your touch…
Mold me, heal me, shape me…
Make my clay supple again to You…
Push the imperfections from my body,
grit, bubbles, chips hidden within…
 
Touch my thick scar tissue…
Heal each layer, every pain,
Oh Lord, oh Spirit, I call to You…
I may be broken, I may be hurting,
but I trust in Your endless love…
Come now, oh Potter, touch me,
Continue the work You have started in me…
Give me power, voice for Your children,
Help me share the joy growing within me
as I feel Your touch, Your hands releasing,
softening my scar tissue that I may live…
 
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Edited July 31, 2025
Touch my thick scar tissue – v2
 
Based on #Jeremiah18:3-6
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
Edited July 30, 2025
My assault does not define me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-assault-does-not-define-me-v2.html
about the sexual assault against me in the Summer of 1973 in Westfield, MA
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Facing Christ, Ready to Change”
Edited July 30, 2025
Our jobs do not define us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/our-jobs-do-not-define-us-v2.html
Based on #Luke9:23-24
Based on #Isaiah43:1-2
Fired from #DollarGeneral
on January 24, 2024, (even demanding my name tag),
After working 4,140 hours for calendar 2023,
79 hours per week, on salary…
“What was I thinking…”
Edited July 30, 2025
Expose what is broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/expose-what-is-broken-v2.html
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Day 5, “Humbly Ask God to Change You”,
page 23, Q1, “If God were to fix forever the problem that brought you to re:generation, would it be enough to satisfy you? Why or why not?”
Edited July 29, 2025
Holding on to Bittersweet – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/holding-on-to-bittersweet-v3.html
re:generation, Step 5, Confess, Week 1, Day 3,
“Acknowledging Sins to Yourself”, page 57 in book
re:generation, Step 7, Follow, Week 1, Small Group meeting
 
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